West Nias Regency (

Indonesian Indonesian is anything of, from, or related to Indonesia, an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It may refer to: * Indonesians, citizens of Indonesia ** Native Indonesians, diverse groups of local inhabitants of the archipelago ** Indonesian ...

: ''Kabupaten Nias Barat'') is a regency in

North Sumatra North Sumatra ( id, Sumatra Utara) is a province of Indonesia located on the northern part of the island of Sumatra. Its capital and largest city is Medan. North Sumatra is Indonesia's fourth most populous province after West Java, East Java and ...

province of

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. The

regency seat A regency seat ( id, Ibu kota kabupaten) is an capital or seat of government of a regency in Indonesia. It is roughly equivalent of county seat in the United States or county town in the United Kingdom. Legally, regency seats are not administrat ...

is Lahomi. It covers the western portion of

Nias Island Nias ( id, Pulau Nias, Nias language: ''Tanö Niha'') (sometimes called Little Sumatra in English) is an island located off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Nias is also the name of the archipelago () of which the island is the centre, ...

. The Regency covers an area of 520.34 km², and had a population of 81,807 at the 2010 Census and 89,994 at the 2020 Census. The official estimate as at mid 2021 was 90,585. This regency was founded in 2008 by UU (''Law'') No.46 Tahun (''Year'') 2008; formerly, the area was part of

Nias Regency Nias Regency is a regency in North Sumatra province, Indonesia; it lies on the east side of Nias Island. The regency originally covered the entire island, but was reduced to the northern half, with an area of 3,495.39 square kilometres, followin ...

Borders

West Nias Regency is bordered by: * North:

North Nias Regency Nias Utara (North Nias) Regency is a regency in North Sumatra province of Indonesia. It comprises the northern portion of Nias Island and has an area of 1,242.14 km2. It had a population of 127,244 at the 2010 Census and 147,274 at the 2020 Censu ...

(Tugala Oyo District) and

(Botomuzoi and Hili Serangkai Districts); * East:

(Gido and Ma'u Districts); * South:

South Nias Regency Nias Selatan (South Nias) Regency is a regency in North Sumatra province, Indonesia. The regency covers a land area of 2,487.98 square kilometres and according to the 2010 census had a population of 289,708; the 2020 Census showed a population ...

(various districts); * West: Indian Sea.

Administration

The regency is divided into eight

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s (''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas (in km²) and their populations at the 2010 Census Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates for mid 2021.Badan Pusat Statistikj, Jakarta, 2022. The table also includes their administrative centres and the number of villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') within each district, and its post code. Notes: (a) Sirombu District includes the eleven offshore

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. (b) except the village of Hayo, with a post code of 22867.

References

Regencies of North Sumatra {{NSumatra-geo-stub